the social work quiz 2

social triage

use of specific criteria to screen clients for services to give priority to and do more with those who have some chance at success

primary setting

agencies and organizations that offer social services congruent with the organizational mission

host  

when social services are not their primary mission

professional 

hold formal social work degrees and licenses, providing assessments and treatment.

paraprofessional

assist with supportive tasks but have limited education and scope.

sectarian

agencies that are affiliated with religion

nonsectarian

not involving or relating to a specific religious sect or political group

agency

deliver social services

association 

advance purposes of membership and provide membership services

profit

whatever surplus made be used for anything

nonprofit

taxed exempt, whatever surplus you make you put it back in

NASW code of ethics

guides ethics in social work

self determination

upholding people’s rights to make their own life-course decisions without coercion or manipulation; predicated on alternatives and access to resources

individualization 

treating each client as a person with distinct differences, recognizing and appreciating unique qualities each client brings, translates into action through the perspective, “begin where the client is”

confidentiality

clients’ right to have what they share held in confidence, forming the basis for trustworthy professional relationships

Egalitarianism

theory of justice purports that all persons should have fair equality of access to resources and opportunities and favors redistribution of societal resources. (John Rawls)

Libertarianism

justice perspective emphasizes individual freedom and minimal government interference in personal and economic life (Robert Nozick)

Utilitarianism

promotes the notion of utility—the “greatest good for the greatest number”—meaning that distribution of societal resources should reach as many people as possible to ensure the means and opportunities to meet their basic needs or desired life (John Stuart Mill)

micro

individuals, families, or small groups

mezzo

larger groups and organizations

macro

society, policy, state, local laws and regulation

social and economic rights

are quality-of-life rights. These rights relate to an adequate standard of

living to ensure health and well-being, including provisions for meeting basic human needs such as food, clothing, housing, medical care, Social Security,

education, and social services

civil and political rights 

are those that restrict the role of government. These rights include due process

rights, rights to fair trade, freedom of speech and religion, freedom of assembly, and guarantees against discrimination, slavery and torture

collective rights

fundamental rights to environment justice, humanitarian aid and disaster relief, economic development, self-determination, and peaceful coexistence that should be accorded to all, but particularly to those groups marginalized and oppressed by prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory actions

social darwinism

the survival of the fittest and believed that eventually an ideal society only the fit would evolve.

internalized oppression

when a member of an oppressed group believes and acts the stereotypes created about their group.

learned helplessness 

is the giving up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.

psychological perspective

a specific lens or framework that psychologists use to study human behavior, thoughts, and emotions

psychosocial perspective

an approach that views human development and behavior as the result of the dynamic interaction between internal psychological factors (like thoughts and emotions) and external social and environmental influences (like family, culture, and socioeconomic status)

blaming the victim

ideology that regards victims as inferior, genetically defective or morally unfit instead of looking at societal environmental and structural causation.